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Sprint Director Departures
Seen Providing New Perspective

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Roger Cheng

Updated March 19, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

The recent departure of several Sprint Nextel Corp. directors signals big changes at the top of the troubled wireless carrier.

Two directors, Linda Koch Lorimer and Keith Bane, said they would not stand for re-election during the shareholder meeting in May, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. They follow two other directors, Frank Drendel and William Swanson, who made similar filings last...